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Money in PoliTex 2010
TPJ's new report, Money in PoliTex 2010, analyzes the $202 million raised by 333 major-party candidates in the 2010 legislative and statewide elections. Report provides downloads of complete contributor lists for each of Texas' 181 sitting lawmakers and state officials elected in 2010.
Read the Money in PoliTex report.
Good Jobs First report tracks quality of Texas' subsidy jobs
A new report by Washington-based Good Jobs First, Money for Something, evaluates the quality of jobs (based on wage & benefit standards) created through state taxpayer subsidy programs. Texas earns a C-minus.
Read the Money for Something report at Good Jobs First.
CON JOB: Report Finds Most Texas Enterprise Fund Grantees Failed to Deliver in 2010
New TPJ report finds that most of Governor Rick Perry’s Texas Enterprise Fund projects failed to deliver on their 2010 job promises. The study analyzes compliance reports filed by 65 companies that received $350 million to create Texas jobs in 2010.
Read the press release.
Read the full CON JOB report..
Lobby Watch: Perot's Frivolous Lawsuit Fouls Out
Ross Perot, Jr. gave $250,000 to anti-lawsuit PAC Texans for Lawsuit Reform after filing a lawsuit alleging that Mark Cuban mismanaged the world-champ Dallas Mavericks. District Judge Craig Smith handed the Mavs another victory last week by throwing Perot out of court.
Complete sports wrap-up in the new Lobby Watch.
NPR Reports on "Pay-to-Play" Investigation in Texas
A prominent campaign contributor to Texas Gov. Rick Perry is under investigation for mismanaging hurricane disaster relief. A Texas Senate committee is examining the state's contract with engineering firm HNTB, which critics say is the latest example of the pay-to-play culture that exists in Perry's administration.
Listen to the full NPR report.
House Owner Betting on Perry in Tonight's Casino Debate?
Tonight's Republican presidential debate at Las Vegas' Venetian Resort Hotel Casino takes Texas Governor Rick Perry back to the same sprawling complex where he attended his son's 2009 bachelor party. The Venetian's owner, Sheldon Adelson, has been a Perry supporter since 2007. Adelson, his daughter and top aides have contributed $46,856 to Perry's Texas war chest. Adelson and Las Vegas Sands Corp. also have given $1.6 million to the Republican Governor's Association since Perry became active in that group's fundraising.
Get the details about Perry's ties to this casino mogul.
Perry's Piggybank: Enterprise Fund Recipients Give $7 Million
Forty-three companies that received $333 million in grants from the Texas Enterprise Fund contributed almost $7 million to Perry's campaign committee and the Perry-affiliated Republican Governors Association.
Read the Perry's Piggybank report.
Lobby Watch: Perry, HNTB Collect Hurricane Windfalls
The Austin American-Statesman recently reported that the Perry administration hired the engineering firm HNTB to oversee relief efforts following Hurricanes Dolly and Ike. Tens of millions of dollars flowed to HNTB--but relatively little made it to the Gulf Coast. Lobby Watch takes a closer look at Perry's revolving-door lobbyists who helped grease this deal.
Explore these political windfalls in the new Lobby Watch.
Rick Perry's Once-blind Portfolio Probed
Rick Perry recently opened his 15-year-old blind trust in preparation for federal disclosures which are due October 15. His trust manager appeared to have an uncanny knack for investing in interests near and dear to Perry.
Read the TPJ press release.
View Perry's Personal Financial Statement amendment filed with the Texas Ethics Commission August 30, 2011.
Texas leads the pack when it comes to public officials swimming through the "revolving door" and morphing into special-interest lobbyists. Nothing stops our lawmakers or the governor's staff and appointees from selling their connections to the highest bidder. Reformers have long tried to put the brakes on Texas' revolving door. TPJ takes a close look at Governor Perry's revolving door during Shark Week.
